First tycoon:the epic life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

作者：  (美)T. J. 斯泰尔斯(T. J. Stiles)著;粟志敏，粟之敦，莫崇晟译

出版社：浙江人民出版社,2013

简介：《第一大亨：美国商业巨擘范德比尔特的伟大人生》是迄今为止关于美国商业史、经济史与金融史最权威作品。 荣膺两项顶级图书大奖普利策传记奖、美国国家图书奖，横扫10大图书榜单：《纽约时报》年度10大畅销书、《金融时报》年度最佳图书、亚马逊10大最佳传记和回忆录、彭博社年度最佳商业图书、《波士顿环球报》年度8大非小说类图书、《纽约客》年度书评人最爱图书、《华盛顿邮报》年度最佳图书、《巴诺书评》年度最佳纪实作品、《基督教科学箴言报》年度最佳图书、巴诺书店年度最佳飞小说类图书。 《第一大亨：美国商业巨擘范德比尔特的伟大人生》是一部有关美国独立后100年内最富有的人的传记。作者斯泰尔斯整合了经济、科技、思想和政治等多维度史料，为读者呈现了一段恢弘壮阔的社会变迁史，一段跌宕起伏的金融发展史，一段惊心动魄的创业史。这种出众的能力也让他足以成为这个领域最出色的作者之一。 一本宏伟的作品，是一本无可置疑的作品，书中记录了贯穿范德比尔特喧嚣的一生及其所处时代的各种力量、信念和智慧，更充满了各种意想不到的“翻案”，为范德比尔特树立了权威的形象，并弥补了长久以来的缺失和遗憾。 湛庐文化出品。

Logic and computer design fundamentals

作者：  (美)M. Morris Mano, (美)Charles R. Kime著;邝继顺[等]译

出版社：机械工业出版社,2012

简介：　　本书采用将逻辑设计与计算机设计原理结合在一起的方法，为广大读者提供了学习逻辑设计、数字系统设计和计算机设计的基础知识。从1997年第1版开始，作者就不断对其进行丰富和修改，最新的第4版包含了相关研究领域和产业的最新发展状况。从基础理论到系统方法、从实用技术到现代化工具，本书从各个方面向读者展示了一个自然而流畅、高效并富有哲理的数字电路设计世界。 　　第4版除了提供完整的数字和计算机设计内容之外，还特别强调基本原理为现代设计服务。全书以清晰的实例解释和逐步延伸的设计来帮助读者理解内容，实例涵盖了从简单的组合逻辑应用到在一个RISC核上构建一个CISC结构，更加重视培养读者在计算机辅助设计、问题形式化、解决方案验证以及解决问题技巧方面的能力。 　　本书的补充材料和教辅资源丰富，包括部分习题答案、PPT、VHDL和Verilog代码，及补充阅读材料等，方便教师教学和读者自学。 　　本版更新内容： 　　? 新增60个“现实世界”的例子和问题。 　　? 新增和修改了40%的习题。 　　? 重新调整和组织了内容以适应不同的课程大纲。 　　技术内容的更新包括： 　　? 简要介绍嵌入式系统。 　　? 解释了在Espresso中实际使用的计算机辅助逻辑优化方法。 　　? 用液晶显示屏例子更换CRT显示器例子。 　　? 包括多CPU微处理器在内的体系结构方面的一些创新。 　　【译者序】 　　如今我们生活在信息时代。试想，如果没有了网络、电脑、手机和电视，世界会变得怎样？答案一定是世界将变得暗淡无光，甚至是悲惨的！数字电路与计算机技术作为其他技术的重要基础之一，成就了当今人们高效有序、丰富多彩的工作与生活。从发明晶体管和集成电路到现在，数字电路和数字系统设计技术已经红红火火地走过了半个多世纪，计算机技术更是在最近三十年得到了跳跃式的发展。人们对未来充满着更多美好的期望，数字电路与计算机必将承载着这一切向更广范围、更高水准延伸与发展。 　　从1997年至今，本书的英文版已经发行了4个版本，均受到了读者的广泛好评。第4版除了为读者提供学习逻辑设计、数字系统设计和计算机设计的基础知识之外，还包含有相关研究领域和行业的最新发展状况。从基础理论到系统方法、从实用技术到现代化工具，本书从各个方面向读者展示了一个自然而流畅、高效并富有哲理的数字电路设计世界。 　　本书以一台通用计算机为线索，由浅入深地讲解了逻辑设计、数字系统设计和计算机设计。其中，第1章到第5章为逻辑设计，包括数字系统与信息、组合逻辑电路及其设计、算术功能块与硬件描述语言，以及时序电路；第6章到第8章为数字系统设计，包括可选的设计话题：数据通路、算术逻辑单元、移位寄存器、一个简单计算机的结构、单周期硬连线控制、多周期硬连线控制等，寄存器与寄存器传输，以及存储器基础；第9章到第13章为计算机设计，包括计算机设计基础、指令集结构、RISC与CISC中央处理器、输入输出与通信，以及存储系统。书中附有60个大部分来自现代日常生活中产品设计的真实例子和问题，可以激发读者的学习兴趣。配套网站（ http://www.prenhall.com/mano）提供了大量的辅助信息，包括教师手册、补充读物、所有例子的VHDL和Verilog源文件、有关工具及网站的链接和习题解答等。从其编排可以清楚地看出，本书不仅可以作为计算机科学、计算机工程、电子技术、机电一体化等专业学生学习硬件的一本绝佳教材，也可以作为弱电类工程师和计算机科学工作者的理想参考书籍。 　　本书由袁晓坊翻译第1、12章，何海珍翻译第2、3章，凌纯清翻译第4、6章，王伟征翻译第5章，周颖波翻译第7章，张玲翻译第8、13章，袁文澹翻译第9、10章，刘铁桥翻译第11章。邝继顺参加了第2、9章的翻译，并对全部译文进行了审校与润饰。由于译者水平有限，译文中疏漏和错误在所难免，欢迎广大读者批评指正。 　　译者 　　2011年12月于湖南长沙 　　【前言】 　　本书的目的是为广大读者提供学习逻辑设计、数字系统设计和计算机设计的基础知识，本书第4版包含了近十年与课程内容相关方面的最新发展情况。从1997年的第1版开始，作者就不断对其进行修改，提供了一种独一无二的将逻辑设计与计算机设计原理结合在一起的方法，并特别强调硬件。过去几年，教材一直紧跟工业的发展趋势，增加了新的材料如硬件描述语言，删除或者弱化了某些正变得不太重要的内容，修改了某些内容以反映计算机技术和计算机辅助设计所发生的变化。 　　在第4版中，我们不仅关注如何教好这门课，而且也关注工业发展的趋势。大部分来自现代日常生活中产品设计的60个“现实世界”的例子和问题，可以激发读者的学习兴趣，并为其提供实践的解决方案。在章节组织方面的修改可以使教师更容易为学生量身定做所要学习的内容，同时适用于电气与计算机工程专业和计算机科学专业的读者。 　　在这个版本中，我们首先将原来第3章中关于设计的一般性介绍和原来第4章中的功能模块结合在一起形成新的第3章。原来第3章中关于设计的一些科学内容现在作为必备的基础分布在多个章节中，并附有例子和说明。用于组合电路和算术电路的硬件描述语言放到第4章，以便平衡章节篇幅。过去第3章中有关技术方面的内容，包括时序、可编程逻辑出现在新的第6章中，教师可以根据课程教学大纲进行适当的选择和讲解。经过重新编排的第6章，允许那些对相关技术要求较少的人更早地接触时序电路，并为一些专题提供更为广泛的、必备的背景知识。况且，把技术性话题放在数字系统设计中比放在较早介绍的基本逻辑设计中更加合适。第6章还包含一些CMOS电路以及系统之间进行异步交互的新的信息，包括输入同步和亚稳态。 　　原来的第8章连同用来对复杂时序电路和控制单元进行流水线式设计的算法状态机（ASM）被取消了，第8章里面的概念被分散到第5章和第7章中。一种新的状态机图形表示代替了ASM。这个状态机图是在传统状态图的基础上建模而成的，它能生动地用图形的方式表示出用硬件描述语言进行建模所具有的自然的灵活性。还有，在第7章，我们把合成数据通路和控制单元的设计过程进行了形式化，并举例给予了说明。 　　本书第4版除了提供完整的数字和计算机设计内容之外，还特别强调基本原理为现代设计服务。从简单的组合逻辑应用到在一个RISC核上构建一个CISC结构，多个例子的清晰解释和渐进式的设计可以诠释书中内容。完整的传统内容包括计算机辅助设计、问题形式化、解决方案验证，以及解决问题的技能的培养，而灵活性则体现在可选的逻辑设计、数字系统设计和计算机设计以及硬件描述语言的相关内容中。第4版除了组织和内容方面的这些改变之外，其他方面的改变还有：（1）对嵌入式系统的简要介绍；（2）解释了在Espresso中实际使用的计算机辅助逻辑优化方法；（3）用液晶显示屏例子更换CRT显示器例子；（4）包括多CPU微处理器在内的体系结构方面的一些创新。 　　经过这些修订，书本第1章到第5章讲解逻辑设计，第6章到第8章研究数字系统设计，第9章到第13章关注计算机设计。这样的编排可以在逐渐地、自底向上地完成了各种函数设计，并将其应用到后续章节自顶向下的计算机设计中之后，为读者提供牢固的数字系统设计的基础。下面是各章相关内容的概括。 　　第1章——数字系统与信息。这一章介绍数字计算机、嵌入式系统和包括数字、算术运算及编码在内的信息表示。 　　第2章——组合逻辑电路。这一章研究门电路和它们的类型，以及设计和优化的基本方法。概念包括布尔代数、代数优化和卡诺图优化、Espresso算法作为实用的CAD优化工具以及多级优化。 　　第3章——组合逻辑电路的设计。这一章以一个现代逻辑设计过程的概述开始。设计过程的详细步骤包括问题形式化、逻辑优化、到与非门和或非门的工艺映射，验证也包含在组合逻辑设计的实例中。另外，这一章还包含函数和组合设计的模块构建，包括使能和输入定值、译码、编码、代码转换、选择、分配和它们的实现。 　　第4章——算术功能块与硬件描述语言。这一章讲解算术功能块和它们的实现。除算术运算如加法、减法和自增用数字来表示之外，还对自减、填充、扩展和移位进行了描述和实现。介绍了综合过程和硬件描述语言。Verilog和VHDL从第3章起就用来描述组合逻辑，从这一章起用来描述算术运算逻辑。 　　第5章——时序电路。这一章包含时序电路分析和设计。锁存器、主从触发器、边沿触发器都有涉及，并着重讲解了D触发器，而其他类型的触发器（SR、JK与T）在现代设计中用得比较少，只是简要地说明了一下。本章的重点是状态机图和状态表的形式化表示。一个时序电路完整的设计过程包括规格说明、形式化、状态分配、触发器输入和输出函数确定、优化、工艺映射以及验证。时序电路通常都太复杂而不能用传统的状态图来表示，但可以用状态机图模型来表示，这一章通过两个现实世界的例子来阐述和说明这一观点。这一章的最后用VHDL和Verilog描述了一个触发器和一个时序电路。 　　第6章——选择的设计主题。这一章介绍的内容侧重于底层技术的各个方面，包括MOS晶体管和CMOS电路、门时延和定时、组合电路和时序电路、电路之间的异步交互作用，以及可编程逻辑技术。其中，异步交互部分包括异步输入的同步和亚稳态，可编程逻辑包含只读存储器、可编程逻辑阵列和可编程阵列逻辑。 　　第7章——寄存器与寄存器传输。这一章讲解寄存器和它们的应用。移位寄存器和计数器的设计基于第3章和第4章讲解的触发器和某些函数及其实现的组合，只有行波计数器作为一个全新的概念加以介绍。讨论了寄存器传输的并行和串行方式，如何权衡时间与空间开销，其中有一节侧重于能执行多种运算的多功能寄存器的寄存器单元设计。数据通路和控制单元的协同过程使用了寄存器传输语言和状态机图，并且用两个现实世界的例子对其进行了解释，对所选的寄存器类型也用Verilog和VHDL语言进行了描述。 　　第8章——存储器基础。这一章介绍静态随机访问存储器（SRAM）和动态随机访问存储器（DRAM），以及基本存储器系统，还简单地介绍了静态随机访问存储器的各种不同类型。 　　第9章——计算机设计基础。这一章包括寄存器文件、功能单元、数据通路和两种简单计算机，包括一种单周期计算机和一种多周期计算机。重点在于数据通路和控制单元设计的形式化概念，以及用来设计具有特定指令和指令集的单周期和多周期计算机。 　　第10章——指令集结构。介绍指令集结构的相关问题，包括地址计算、寻址模式、指令结构和类型。讲解浮点数表示法和浮点运算，以及程序控制方法，包括过程调用与中断。 　　第11章——RISC和CISC中央处理单元。这一章包含一些高性能处理器的概念，如流水式RISC和CISC处理单元。通过将一个微编码硬件加到一个修改了的RISC处理单元上，CISC处理单元可以使用RISC的流水线来执行CISC指令集，这是当今CISC处理单元使用的一种方法。除此之外，还介绍了高性能CPU在概念和结构方面的创新，其中包括两个多CPU微处理器的例子。 　　第12章——输入输出与通信。这一章讲解如何在CPU和内存之间、输入输出接口和外围设备之间进行数据传送。讨论了键盘、液晶显示器（LCD）、硬盘驱动器等外部设备和键盘接口，以及包括通用串行总线（USB）在内的串行通信和中断系统的实现。 　　第13章——存储系统。特别重点关注存储器的分层。引入了“访问的局部性”的概念，并通过高速缓存和内存之间、内存和硬盘之间的关系对其进行了详细讲解。分析了高速缓存设计的各种参数。存储器管理重点关注分页管理和支持虚拟存储的转换后援缓冲器。 　　除了教材本身之外，还提供了一个配套网站（ http://www.prenhall.com/mano）和一本教师手册。配套网站的内容包括以下几个方面：1）阅读补充材料，包括一些新材料和先前版本中删除掉的部分内容；2）所有例子的VHDL和Verilog源文件；3）连接到用于FPGA设计和HDL模拟的计算机辅助设计工具的链接；4）全书大约1/3习题的答案；5）勘误表；6）第1章到第9章的幻灯片；7）书中复杂图表的原件；8）为学生和教师提供新信息、更新和更正内容的网站消息。我们鼓励教师定期查看网站上的信息以便了解网站的变化。教师手册包括书的使用建议以及所有习题的答案。从Prentice Hall到学校，每一个使用这本书上课的教师都有权限在线访问这本手册。使用建议还提供了在各种不同课程教学大纲下使用该教材的重要的详细信息。 　　由于本书覆盖逻辑和计算机设计的面很广，作为大二到大三学生的课程它有几个不同的目的。从第1章到第10章，去掉可选的内容外，其余部分可以作为计算机科学、计算机工程、电气工程或一般工程专业的学生一个学期学习硬件的课程。从第1章到第5章，或许再加上第6章到第8章一些可选部分是对逻辑设计的一个基本介绍，对电气工程和计算机工程专业的学生来说，这些内容只要一个季度的学习时间就够了。一个学期学完第1章到第8章的全部内容，将会学到更为强大、更加先进的逻辑设计方法。整本书在两个季度的时间内，可以为计算机工程和计算机科学专业的学生提供逻辑和计算机设计的基础知识。本书的全部内容再加上适当的补充材料或实验环节，可以作为两个学期学习逻辑设计和计算机结构的课程。由于取材广泛，并且处理得当，本书还是工程师和计算机科学工作者自学的理想书籍。最后，配套网站上提供的补充读物对实现这些不同的目标来说都是有益的。 　　在第4版的准备期间，我们征求了许多使用过本书前面几版的教师的意见，对超过50位教师进行了广泛的关于第3版内容及其使用情况的调查。另外，Vanderbilt大学的Bharat Bhuva教授和San Jose州立大学的Donald Hung教授，通过对第3版撰写评论提供了有用的反馈意见。我们非常感谢所有教师在第4版准备过程中的积极参与以及他们的建设性意见，特别感谢Katherine Compton、Mikko Lipasti、Kewal Saluja和Leon Shohet教授以及威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校电气与计算机工程系的Michael Morrow教师委员会。在他们提供的大量评论和建议的基础上，通过与第二作者的重点讨论，我们对原定第4版的内容进行了重大调整。我们还要感谢教师和学生对第3版提出的修正，尤其是Dordt大学的Douglas De Boer教授的修改意见。特别感谢威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的Divya Jhalani，她对教师手册和网站上新给出的习题进行了解答。我们感谢所有在Prentice Hall或其他地方的工作人员对出版所做出的努力。特别要感谢Mike McDonald编辑的指导、鼓励和支持，制作编辑Dan Sandin和Irvwin Zucker对本书出版所做的富有成效的工作，以及Bob Lentz的一丝不苟的编辑工作。最后，特别感谢Val Kime对第4版整个过程持久的耐心和理解。 　　M.Morris Mano 　　Charles R.Kime　　

Commodore:the life of cornelius Vanderbilt

作者：  (美)小爱德华·J. 雷内汗著;雨珂译

出版社：中信出版社,2009

简介：　　《铁路大亨：范德比尔特的财富人生》详尽描述了范德比尔特商海纵横的历程和事业上的冒险生涯。这位金融巨头在商业上拥有超凡的直觉和神秘的天赋，依靠帆船航运起家积累了第一桶金，之后很快紧跟形势，转入了蒸汽船和铁路行业。依托纽约中央铁路公司的力量，他创建了美国首个铁路联运系统，同时，也在铁路债券和股票投机中大赚一笔，在纽约发展成为美国金融中心的过程中发挥了举足轻重的作用。精明、自信和非凡的冒险精神成就了范德比尔特在美国史上的地位和范德比尔特家族的显赫声名。毫无疑问，这是时代契机下个人奋斗成功的最好事例。 　　在19世纪末20世纪初的“镀金年代”，范德比尔特无疑是亿万富翁的代表之一。他是著名的航运、铁路、金融巨头，美国史上第三大富豪，身家远超过比尔·盖茨，也是电脑游戏《铁路大亨》的原型人物。从100美元起家到成为亿万富豪，范德比尔特有什么成功的秘诀？

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简介：Summary: Publisher Summary 1 Erin O'Hara O'Connor (Vanderbilt U.) joins the team of editors to update once more a casebook that started in 1978. A new introduction surveys the field of conflict of laws to provide students a sense of its breadth. Other new chapters cover choosing legal regimes, and choice of law in complex litigation. Material has also been revised throughout, and sometimes rearranged; for example the chapter on Internet conflicts has been distributed into separate topical sections, because courts to do not seem to be treating them any differently. Annotation 漏2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)  

The world and the wild /

作者：  edited by David Rothenberg and Marta Ulvaeus.

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简介：Summary: Publisher Summary 1 Rothenberg (philosophy, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and editor, Terra Nova ) and Ulvaeus (director of Terra Nova ) reprint 16 articles offering international perspectives on wilderness (first published in Terra Nova v.3, no.3). The editors' position is that contra such thinkers as William Cronon and J. Baird Callicott, wilderness is a meritorious term, an enlightened concept with as much or more value as biodiversity and sustainability. While the Terra Nova directors set out to purge wilderness of misapplied meanings, the real goal of this anthology is to "reinvigorate the effort to understand, reveal, and save wilderness beyond the usual futile polarities" (i.e., nature/culture, man/animal, natural/artificial). Topics include Romantic nature painting by Zeese Papanikolas, social ecology in India by Sahotra Sarkar, saving endangered species and cultures by Edward Whitsell, and the Penan of Malaysia by William Bevis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)   Publisher Summary 2 Can nature be restored to a pristine state through deliberate action?Must the preservation of wilderness always subordinate the interests of humans to those of other species? Can indigenous peoples be entrusted with the guardianship of their own wild resources? This collection of international writings tackles tough questions like these as it expands wilderness conservation beyond its American roots. One of the first anthologies to consider wilderness as a global issue, it takes a stand against the notion that wilderness is a northern colonialist conceit and is irrelevant to the plans of third world countries. Contributions from all over the planet? Nepal, Borneo, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Kenya, South Africa, India, and the United States? show instead that wilderness has an important place in the environmental thought and policy of any nation, industrial or developing. The World and the Wildboldly advances the idea that our concept of wilderness must expand to take in new vistas. It breaks fresh ground in global environmentalism and is essential reading for anyone concerned with development issues related to conservation. Contents Foreword: Whither World Wilderness? / Vance G. Martin Introduction: Wilderness in the Rest of the World / David Rothenberg How Can Four Trees Make a Jungle? / Pramod Parajuli The Unpaintable West / Zeese Papanikolas Restoring Wilderness or Reclaiming Forests? / Sahotra Sarkar For Indian Wilderness / Philip Cafaro and Monish Verma In the Dust of Kilimanjaro / David Western Why Conservation in the Tropics Is Failing / John Terborgh "Trouble in Paradise": An Exchange / David Western and John Terborgh Zulu History / Ian Player Bruno Manser and the Penan / William W. Bevis Roads Where There Have Long Been Trails / Kathleen Harrison Volcano Dreams / Tom Vanderbilt Recycled Rain Forest Myths / Antonio Carlos Diegues The Park of Ten Thousand Waterfalls / Dan Imhoff Mapping the Wild / Edward A. Whitesell Earth Jazz / Evan Eisenberg They Trampled on Our Taboos / Damien Arabagali  

Introduction to special education : teaching in an age of opportunity / 5th ed.

作者：  Deborah Deutsch Smith.

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简介：After presenting the fundamentals, Smith (Vanderbilt U.) examines a variety of disabilities, in order of their prevalence, beginning with learning disabilities. Also covered are speech and language impairments, mental retardation, giftedness, emotional and behavioral disorders, physical impairments, deafness, and blindness. The text concludes with a section on low-incidence disabilities, such as autism, deaf-blindness, and traumatic brain injury. Smith argues the need for individualized programs, integration and inclusion, research, legislation, and respect for diversity. The fourth edition cites 664 new references and provides expanded coverage of ADHD and the latest information about IDEA 97, its 1999 regulations and current implementations. Previous editions (and CiP) carried the subtitle . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Louis Comfort Tiffany /

作者：  Jacob Baal-Teshuva.

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简介：S">This volume presents Tiffany's magical lamps and stained glass. This lavish volume provides an overview of the fifty-year career and the highly innovative and creative work of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933). The inventor of Favril Glass, an opalescent glass with deep, glowing color that far surpassed, in quality and beauty, all existing techniques, Tiffany was one of the most original and influential designers and America's leading exponent of Art Nouveau.Tiffany Studios, founded in 1889, were well known for their use of sensuous, organic, natural and floral forms. Tiffany's iridescent colored vases and his lampshades with their haunting colors became extremely popular and sought after the world over. Although known primarily as a glass artist, Tiffany was also involved in interior design, furniture, rugs, ceramics, mosaics, jewelry, bronzes, desk sets, mirrors and more. He decorated the White House, as well as the homes of Mark Twain, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie and others.With some 400 color plates, text by Jacob Baal-Teshuva, a documentary index, and an illustrated biography/bibliography, Louis Comfort Tiffany pays homage to the brilliant life's work of the man who revolutionized both the art and technique of stained glass.

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简介：From the Publisher: A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism. Founder of a dynasty, builder of the original Grand Central, creator of an impossibly vast fortune, Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt is an American icon. Humbly born on Staten Island during George Washington's presidency, he rose from boatman to builder of the nation's largest fleet of steamships to lord of a railroad empire. Lincoln consulted him on steamship strategy during the Civil War; Jay Gould was first his uneasy ally and then sworn enemy; and Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president of the United States, was his spiritual counselor. We see Vanderbilt help to launch the transportation revolution, propel the Gold Rush, reshape Manhattan, and invent the modern corporation-in fact, as T. J. Stiles elegantly argues, Vanderbilt did more than perhaps any other individual to create the economic world we live in today. In The First Tycoon, Stiles offers the first complete, authoritative biography of this titan, and the first comprehensive account of the Commodore's personal life. It is a sweeping, fast-moving epic, and a complex portrait of the great man. Vanderbilt, Stiles shows, embraced the philosophy of the Jacksonian Democrats and withstood attacks by his conservative enemies for being too competitive. He was a visionary who pioneered business models. He was an unschooled fist fighter who came to command the respect of New York's social elite. And he was a father who struggled with a gambling-addicted son, a husband who was loving yet abusive, and, finally, an old man who was obsessed with contacting the dead. The First Tycoon is the exhilarating story of a man and a nation maturing together: the powerful account of a man whose life was as epic and complex as American history itself.

Traffic:why we drive the way we do(and what it says about us)

作者：  (美)汤姆·范德比尔特(Tom Vanderbilt)著;徐英译

出版社：中信出版社,2009

简介：　　 为什么一名绅士到了车上就变成了“失控的恶魔”？ 　　 为什么在路上不能总做谦谦君子？ 　　 是女人使得塞车更严重吗？ 　　 人们在停车场找车位时，常犯的愚蠢错误是什么？ 　　 从纽约、北京、新德里到哥本哈根，全球的公路上都充斥着汽车、摩 　　托车、自行车、手推车这些形形色色的交通工具。在汽车发明120多年后， 　　来自美国的鬼才汤姆·范德比尔特驾车跑遍世界，和全球的汽车专家、交 　　通官员讨论那些令人愉快却也常让人气愤的交通问题：人类的行车秩序竟 　　然不如一群蚂蚁！我们的爱车竟然能够决定自己所生活的这座城市的面积 　　！为了行人的安全，一个减速的标志牌是没多大用处的，最好的办法，就 　　是在路边放置一幅衣服穿得很少的美女画像！ 　　 你相信鬼才的这些奇谈怪论吗？ 　　 不信？不信的话，您不妨先把爱车停在车库里，泡上一杯咖啡，听着 　　《我的S.U.V.保险杠》，随手翻开这本书，来看看汤姆·范德比尔特是怎 　　样让路上的那些烦心事，都化在笑谈中吧！ 　　

The people's doctor : George Hatem and China's revolution /

作者：  Edgar A. Porter.

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简介：　　 　　the china society for people's friendship studies (pfs) in cooperation with the foreign languages press (flp) in beijing has arranged for the re-publication, in the series entitled light on china, of some fifty books written in english between the 1860s and the founding years of the people's republic by journalistic and other sympathetic eyewitnesses of the revolutionary events described.most of these books have long been out of print, but are now being brought back to life for the benefit of readers in china and abroad. 　　 　　the author visited china in 1976 as a young american intrigued by the accomplishments of china's revolution. he visited again in 1978, and in 1979 moved to henan province where he taught in a provincial college for 2 years. he was drawn to the small group of aging foreigners who had embraced china and its communist party during the revolution and who had chosen to remain in china afterward. he is currently with the school of hawaiian, asian and pacific studies at the university of hawaii, honolulu, hawaii, u.s.a. he has authored two previous books and numerous articles on china. his bachelor's degree is from st. andrews presbyterian college and his doctorate is from vanderbilt university. 　　this is a detailed account of the life of george hatem, also known as ma haide. the author begins with the early development of the chinese communist party and with the childhood and education of george hatem in the u.s.a. he then follows the further education of hatem, his moving to shanghai in 1934 at the age of 24, his involvement with the politics of that time and place, and his eventually joining the red army at the end of the long march. in 1937 he joined the communist party, and in 1949 he was part of the red army which conquered beijing. shortly afterward, he became the first foreigner to be granted chinese citizenship. for many years he was an advisor to the ministry of public health where he influenced policy in china's struggle with venereal disease and leprosy up until his death in 1988. 　　this is a book about politics and about ma haide's personality. the details of his political views and his social and family life are exhaustive. on the other hand, accounts of his professional life in the public health of china are extremely sketchy and, with regard to leprosy, contain a number of errors. the author is obviously in awe of ma haide and much of the text is simple adoration. as opposed to the dedicated "china hand," the casual reader will find the many details of ma haide's interactions with china's leaders somewhat less than riveting. indeed, in places the book intrudes into many personal details of his life that seem to serve no useful purpose. 　　

Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do 开车经济学

作者：  Vanderbilt

出版社：Penguin 2009年08月

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Get stuck in ...Why do some people become demons when they get behind a wheel? Why does the other lane always move faster? Why do New Yorkers jaywalk (and nobody does in Cophenhagen)? And why should you never drive with any beer-drinking, divorced doctors named Fred? Driving is about far more than getting from A to B. As Tom Vanderbilt's brilliant, curiosity-filled book shows, it's actually the key to deciphering human nature and ...well, pretty much everything. From the etiquette of horn-honking to bumper stickers you should avoid, from gridlock in ancient Rome to why getting rid of road signs actually reduces accidents, "Traffic" will change the way you see yourself, and other people (and not just through your windscreen).

Creating a World Without Poverty

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简介：　　Muhammad Yunus, a native of Bangladesh, was educated at DhakaUniversity and studied economics at Vanderbilt University, USA. In1972 he became head of the economics department at ChittagongUniversity. He is the founder and managing director of GrameenBank, a pioneer of microcredit, an economic movement that hashelped lift millions of families around the world out of poverty.Yunus and Grameen Bank are winners of the 2006 Nobel PeacePrize.

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简介：Summary: Publisher Summary 1 This detailed handbook for medical students and residents in critical care rotations is divided into two sections: techniques and methods in critical care, explaining key principles of diagnosis and patient management, and medical and surgical crises, covering the pathophysiology underlying clinical disorders. This fourth edition includes expanded discussion of CT for abdominal disorders, new ACLS guidelines, and new material on removable IVC filters, interventional radiology techniques for GI bleeding, and use of vascular ultrasound. B&w drawings and chapter key points are included in the book's two-column layout. Marini teaches medicine at the University of Minnesota. Wheeler directs the Vanderbilt Clinical Coordinating Center at Vanderbilt University. Annotation 漏2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)   Publisher Summary 2 Ideally suited for students in critical care rotations and residents, this concise, practical handbook presents the essentials of medical and surgical critical care in an easy-to-read format. The authors succinctly explain the pathophysiology underlying clinical disorders and the key principles of diagnosis and patient management, emphasizing cost-effective approaches.The Fourth Edition includes Controversies in Critical Care boxes in many chapters, which briefly summarize opposing arguments on controversial points. Other highlights include enhanced discussion of CT for abdominal disorders, new ACLS guidelines, and new material on removable IVC filters, interventional radiologic techniques for GI bleeding, and use of vascular ultrasound.  

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简介：Summary: Publisher Summary 1 The Whitney Museum of American Art, founded by visionary patron and artist Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942), is home to one of the finest collections of American art in the country. Frames of Referencefeatures eminent contributors from the fields of art, literature, and contemporary culture who together provide a wide-ranging introduction to American art as well as to the Whitney Museum's unparalleled collection. Kennedy Fraser's introductory essay focuses on Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, especially on her relationships with the artists of her time, her own artistic development, and her farsighted advocacy of American art and artists. In section two, Adam D. Weinberg, Beth Venn, Kathryn Potts, and Kate Rubin concentrate on twenty-seven of the Whitney's most popular works, each entry accompanied by captions and related images that shed new light on old favorites. The book's third section features ten "icons" from the Whitney's Permanent Collection, with three contributors providing distinct perspectives on each work. This stimulating combination of voices instructs, enlightens, and, at times, amuses: John Updike on Edward Hopper's Early Sunday Morning, Alan Dershowitz on Ben Shahn's The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti, and George Plimpton on George Bellows' Dempsey and Firpoare examples of this section's diverse mix. With its unique design and variety of approaches to viewing and understanding art, Frames of Referencewill change the way visitors experience the Whitney Museum and will delight art lovers who might not have the opportunity to visit New York.  

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简介：　　An exquisitely photographed collection of the great houses and mansions of the South. In the tradition of Rizzoli's "Historic Houses of the Hudson Valley" and "Great Houses of New England," "Great Houses of the South" features a stunning array of newly photographed homes that range over three centuries and are distinctive examples of the architecture of the region. While in popular imagination the "Southern Style" is embodied in the classic Southern plantation house with its Greek Revival detailing--its stately white columns, wide porch, and symmetrical shape--the houses themselves are much more various and engaging, as shown in this important volume. From stately Stanton Hall of Natchez, Mississippi, one of the most magnificent and palatial residences of antebellum America; to Longue Vue House and Gardens of New Orleans, the luxurious Classical Revival-style home of Edgar and Edith Stern; to the fabled Biltmore of Asheville, North Carolina, the opulent French Renaissance-inspired chateau and Gilded Age estate of George Washington Vanderbilt, this lavish volume is comprehensive in scope and a landmark work of enduring interest to homeowners, architects, architecture historians, and all those who love fine architecture.　　

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简介：　　Meshfree approximation methods are a relatively new area of research, and there are only a few books covering it at present. Whereas other works focus almost entirely on theoretical aspects or applications in the engineering field, this book provides the salient theoretical result needed for a basic understanding of meshfree approximation methods. The emphasis here is on a hands-on approach that includes Matlab routines for all basic operations. Meshfree approximation methods, such as radial basis function and moving least squares method, are discussed from a scattered data approximation and partial differential equations point of view. A good balance is supplied between the necessary theory and implementation in terms of many Matlab programs, with examples and applications to illustrate key points. Used as class notes for graduate courses at Northwestern University, Illinois Institute of Technology, and Vanderbilt University, this book will appeal to both mathematics and engineering graduate students.　　

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简介：Summary: Publisher Summary 1 The February 2004 meeting that leant its name to this volume was the fifth event in a series of Solvay Pharmaceuticals Research Conferences held under the motto: "Industry meets leading academia in a search for novel therapies." It addressed pharmacologic and other biological approaches to cognitive impairment. The editors (of Solvay Pharmaceuticals, the Netherlands, and Vanderbilt U. School of Medicine, US) present 12 papers from the conference, opening with the keynote lecture on the meaning of cognition in our society and health care systems. The remaining chapters address such topics as age-associated memory impairment, cognition in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, cognitive deficits as a core feature of schizophrenia, cognition in depression and mania, linking pre-clinical and clinical approaches to therapy for cognitive dysfunction in neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders, modulation of n-methyl-d-aspartate receptor function as a novel approach for development of antipsychotic agents, mechanisms of plasticity in molecular and cellular cognition, and functional imaging of cognition related brain circuitry in health and schizophrenia. Annotation 漏2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)   Publisher Summary 2 "100 Years after the discovery of Alzheimer's disease, neurological diseases and psychiatric disorders represent the largest and fastest growing unmet medical market with 2 billion affected people worldwide. Life expectancy of humans continues to increase, and the world population is aging. Advanced age may lead to deterioration of cognitive functions of the brain. There seems to be consensus that on the background of aging, several factors may render humans prone to dementia. Psychiatric and neurological disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or Parkinson's disease may contribute to development of dementia. More people today are looking for help regarding their learning and memory capabilities. Although increasing knowledge on neuronal networks is transforming our view of the human brain and its function and we understand psychiatric and neurological diseases better today than ever before, novel therapies are needed to respond to the growing demand of patients for assistance with memory loss and learning impairment. In fact, it is expected that novel therapies aiming at the processing of amyloid, or at activation of glutamatergic or nicotinergic systems will demonstrate adequate efficacy in improving learning and memory disturbances. This publication stands as a comprehensive overview of the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the development of cognitive impairment. It integrates discoveries concerning dementia, such as mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease associated dementia, vascular dementia, retardation syndromes, and psychiatric and neurological disorders related cognitive impairments. This book will be useful to physicians, biologists, and those pursuing an interest or concerned with memory impairment."  

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简介：Summary: Publisher Summary 1 Five authors have joined together for this book--four affiliated with Harvard Law School (Howell E. Jackson, Louis Kaplow, Steven M. Shavell, and David Cope), and one with Vanderbilt U. Law School (W. Kip Viscusi). They created this text to accompany a Harvard Law School course designed to bolster basic skills and present vocabulary and techniques from the basic business school curriculum. These skills are drawn from such fields as economics, accounting, finance, and statistics. Law students who didn't focus on any of these fields as undergraduates have a gap in their knowledge that doesn't get remedied with the usual law school curriculum (in fact, these students may even self-select away from such courses). Chapters cover decision analysis, fames and information, contracting, accounting, finance, microeconomics, economic analysis of law, statistical analysis, and multivariate statistics. Annotation 漏2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)  

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简介：　　Starting in 1976, Andy Warhol shot several rolls of film every week and selected images for his book Andy Warhol's Exposures, published in 1979. He had intended to title it Social Diseases but his concept was heavily watered down by his publishers at the time and many of the selected images were removed. This book presents the previously unpublished and unexhibited photographs,over 70 unique vintage black and white photographic prints, that Warhol originally selected for his book. It has been edited and introduced by Bob Colacello, who was also executive editor of the original book. 　　"There is a sense of intimacy as well as of voyeurism, of funny-looking, insecure, wistful Andy, through flattery and attentiveness, trying to connect. Yet, because he was not just any photographer but a famous artist, a star, there is often a sense that the looking is being done at the man with the camera as well as by him. In some cases, the subjects are clearly performing for their fellow luminary, or close friend, or boss. As spontaneous as these images may seem, they are intrinsically staged, with Warhol himself as both chronicler and catalyst of the moments he is documenting. And what moments they are! Only Andy could get David Hockney in extra-brief running shorts, or Susan Sontag batting her eyelashes across a fancy restaurant table at Gloria Vanderbilt, or Halston's Venezuelan window dresser and lover, Victor Hugo, sitting under Goya's Red Boy in Kitty Miller's Park Avenue parlor .... " (Bob Coacello)　　

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简介：Originally published in 1980, this text, now in its fifth edition, has had a leisurely update schedule so that changes could be thoughtfully planned. This time-tested text is intended as a text/resource for medical, dental, physical therapy, and other health sciences students undergoing their first exposure to the topic. The new edition, four years in the works, includes new clinical correlations and summaries; a more practical approach to the musculoskeletal system emphasizing the action and use of muscles in daily activities; new color photos for surface anatomy; medical imaging information; interactive case studies and multiple-choice questions; and new art. The two included CD-ROMs contain interactive case studies; USMLE-style review questions; and 3-D models of MRI images, which generate layered, rotatable anatomical illustrations. The work of authors Moore (emeritus, U. of Toronto) and Dalley (Vanderbilt U. School of Medicine) was augmented by contributions from Anne M.R. Agur (U. of Toronto). Annotation 漏2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)